Texas Attorney General Threatens Foreign Poll Watchers | Talking Points Memo

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott made it clear this week he does not want international elections observers anywhere near the polls in his state.In a letter dated Tuesday to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Abbott threatened to prosecute any of its monitors who step within 100 feet of a Texas polling place on Election Day. The threat came even though U.S. State Department officials earlier this year had invited the monitors to observe the election.


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